MARK GRIMES, ADVISOR

Mark Grimes. Courtesy: Mark Grimes.

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Mark Grimes is the Team Advisor for the Vertical City team. He is also a startup founder, social entrepreneur and angel investor who has started each of his businesses over the last 20 years with cash on hand, no business plan and all have been cash flow positive and profitable within 90 days.
Currently focusing on developing social purpose enterprises and helping other social entrepreneurs and startups develop their business models. Current businesses include NedSpace (www.nedspace.com) co-working for startups, innovative tech companies, and social entrepreneurs; and Maker Faire Africa (www.makerfaireafrica.com) a celebration of African ingenuity, innovation, invention and social entrepreneurship. Mark is also on the board of directors of Homowo (www.homowo.org) promoting Africa arts in the Pacific Northwest and Made By Survivors (www.madebysurvivors.com) fighting slavery and human trafficking around the world.

Mark Grimes 是垂直城市团队的顾问。他也是一位创业公司投资人，社会企业家及天使投资人。在过去的２０年，Mark只用现金进行投资，在零商业计划的状态下进行投资，并达到９０天内资金回流。目前，Mark的工作重心集中在社会企业，并帮助其他创业公司发展商业模式。其名下的商业产物包括NedSpace (www.nedspace.com)，专为创业公司，创新科技公司，以及社会企业提供工作区域的组织；Maker Faire Africa (www.makerfaireafrica.com)，一个鼓励非洲原始艺术，创造发明，以及社会企业的组织。Mark同时还是Homowo (www.homowo.org)及Made By Survivors (www.madebysurvivors.com)的董事会成员，前者旨在太平洋西北地区推广非洲艺术，后者旨在抵抗全球范围内的奴役及人口贩卖问题。